Higginsport, OH

Higginsport is a village in Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The 2020 census counted 213 residents. Robert Higgins was a Revolutionary War officer who had received 1,000 acres of land in Brown County, Ohio for his service to his country. He and his family first moved onto the land in 1799, building a small crude cabin near what is now Higginsport. In Higginsport, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Higginsport, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Higginsport is located in the southeastern part of Lewis Township near the mouth of White Oak Creek.